Here is a lively and engaging portrait of a New England yacht
club's first three-quarters-of-a-century. A fast-paced narrative,
powerful interview-based anecdotes, and a collection of 50
photographs vividly bring the club's story to life. There's
drama-the brute force of the legendary 1938 hurricane, the
near-collision of a sailing dinghy and a destroyer-escort, and the
chilling spectacle of a club boat sinking during a race. And
there's humor-the Coast Guard towing the transom out of a swamped
small boat, young sailors "blockading" an intrusive ferryboat, and
children trying to sail into the wind. Founded in 1933 by a handful
of sailing enthusiasts in New London, Connecticut, and maintained
by its members, the club today boasts a membership of nearly 200
and a fleet of more than 150 boats. The club's location on the west
bank of the Thames River, a mile from Long Island Sound, affords
quick access to some of the finest cruising and racing waters in
the country. Over the years, five generations of families have made
the club their base for both waterborne and shore activities.
Generations more will do the same as the club sails on to the
century mark and beyond.
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